Fridge too warm: makes ice, does'nt dispense it: dispenses water warm

I've only had this refrigerator 3 days. The freezer works fine. The fridge is around 50 degrees and won't get colder. The ice maker works fine, but makes a clunk noise when you push the ice dispenser (crushed or cubed), and no ice comes out. The water it dispenses is a little cold for about 3oz., then it's warm. Help before I start making people sick with spoiled food! And thank you!

My fridge is
running but not cold enough: Start out with the easy stuff first...make sure
the lights go out when you close the door(s), make sure the doors are closing
properly and the gaskets are closing fully and not torn. Check to make sure the evaporator fan in the freezer
is working, this fan blows the cold air around. If the fan is not working,
possible bad fan motor - check for power
to the fan motor and also check the fan switches
around the door openings, ( if your fridge has these switches, not all do ). A
common problem cropping up in the last several years has been the air damper
not opening up and allowing the cold air from the freezer to be blown into the
fresh food section ( mostly on SxS refrigerators ). For many years the air
damper was manually operated and now we have motorized controlled or
temperature controlled or thermister and electronic boards controlling air
dampers, and if this device sticks closed the FF section will normally warm up.
An example picture of "one" style and an air damper (
called a diffuser by Whirlpool ). Next would be to check the condenser tubing,
a good place to start is to make sure the condenser
coils are not built up with dust!! Make sure the condenser fan
motor is also working properly. Check for any "clicking on
and off" noises from the compressor, is the compressor running.

The most common
fridge "not cooling" problem is a frost free failure. Remove the
access panel in the freezer section to expose the evaporator coils. If the
coils in the freezer section get plugged up with frost,
this frost will block the evaporator fan motor from blowing the cold air
around. The fan blade can also hit this frost and either become noisy or stop
altogether. Locating the defrost timer
can be tricky....they are often hidden behind the back bottom corners of the
fridge at the bottom, in the last few years the timers have been located in the
ceiling
of the fresh food section, and some behind
the cold control cover. Once you locate the defrost timer, slowly turn the
screw like wheel in the middle of the defrost timer with a straight
screwdriver until the fridge shuts off. You are now in defrost. If the defrost
heater(s) comes on now, replace the defrost timer and defrost
thermostat. If the heater(s) does not come on, you can ohm
test the defrost heater for continuity or volt
test for 120 volts to the heater(s). If you have no power to the defrost
heater(s) you can also bypass the defrost thermostat to see if the
defrost heater will come on, join the 2
wires together to bypass the defrost thermostat. If the heater now
comes on, replace the defrost timer and defrost thermostat. If the heater
itself is bad, defrost the fridge with a hair dryer, replace the defrost
heater* and defrost
thermostat. If the defrost timer seems "hot" to the touch
or is noisy ( like a ticking or screeching noise )...replace it.

Since it is new, you should have a warranty and I would see if a repairman can check it free of charge before attempting anything, I don't know your skill level with this type of machine but good luck and don't forget to rate this post, Have a Great Day!

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check the door in the dispenser if moisture is condensing and freezing so that the door won't open try manually popping the door open just before you attempt to dispense ice, maybe you'll get lucky, otherwise your going to have to get a technician to come and check the micro-switch for the dispenser

You can use a hairdryer on the frozen parts.
The fridge gets its cold air from the freezer through a vent(damper)
between the freezer and fridge.The fan in the freezer blows air through
it.There is a flap you adjust with the
fridge temp. control. Make sure it's opening and closing when you adjust the
fridge temp ..